The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-21
FANNIE ECKERTS LOVER.
Highly Educated Young Man Driven Insane
by Financial Misfortune and Drink.

GLENv1Ew, Pa. June 20.-On Monday last
visioI. speculator. came home from California to
ful6ll a promise of marriage with Miss Fannie
Eckert, which was to take place at noon on
Thursday. The most elaborate preparations
had been made. and the relatives and friends of
the young lady waited with every emotion of
pleasure for the happy event But Wade's
cent i'll luck in the speculative field drove him
to despair and rather than face the disappoint-
ment which would inevitably follow, ne at
tempted suicide on Wednesday. and now lies
fhopelessly insane at the home of his parents,
some distance from this place. Walter is the
only of j. Werner Wade who, soon after
his marriage, fell heir to a large fortune. After
the young had completed his collegiate
studies and graduated with high honors he de-
cided to take trip to California before
settling down, and informed his
parents They entreated him to remain
at home, but all to no Dur-
pose. Appealing TO his father, he
said: '.Loan me 81. .OoO and will
return it with interest His father Immediately
filled out check for the amount and handed it
to him. The next day, after spending an hour
with his intended bride, he started for Cslifor-
mia, in pursuit of fame and fortune Four years
afterward his family and friends were surprised
to see him arrive home. He entered his fathers
house though his absence had been but for
a day, drew up chair to where his father sat-
and taking from a well-fled pocket book 81, 24O,
he handed the money to his father, saying:
s'Here is the borrowed money, with 6 per cent.
interest This was all SO rapidly done that Mr.
Wade had hardly time to realize who it was and
what it meant. AS he relatedto his parents, he
had met with phenomenal success, and by
ehrewd and conservative speculation had
amassed over one million dollars. After few
days stay during which time he renewed his
pledges Of love TO Miss Eckerr. who, in the four
years of waiting, never doubted his sincerity he
by her. in which he boasted of his continued
success, and said that he
now perfecting arrangements to come
homo to remain EIp:s The 9R wedding was
therefore fixed for June 10 But his character
was too weak to resist the social temptations that
now beset him. An irresistible weakness for
him, and this was soon followed by every form
OF wild and reckless dissipation. Then luck
turned against him and he began to lose money
until his fortune nearly all swept away. De-
pressed in spirits the dashing specuator returned
home. His general appearance was detected.
but by the aid of a stimulant he managed to
sume his old spirits. In this way the suspicion
that might have otherwise been excited
overcome
On Wednesday afternoon he remarked to his
father that he desired to write business let
ters, and for that purpose he retired to his room,
giving instructions that his privacy must not be
intruded upon. Everything in the way of prep
aration for the wedding next day had reached
point OF completeness, and at P. NJ a friend of
the groom called to see him. AS the matter
was urgent his father went up stairs and called
him. He repeated the call and, receiving no re-
sponse, forced the door open. To his horror he
beheId his suspended from a halter-strap,
with the knotted end around the top of the bed
post, almost dead from strangulation. He quick
ly cut the strap and placed the body the bed,
and then quietly but quickly summoned ply
stefan. The doctor said that another minute
would have produced death, and that while he
might possibly survive, he would be hopelessly
insane The business letters which he was sup
posed to be writing were TO Miss Eckert and his
parents. They told of bis dissipation and his
losses at gambling. and of his complete ruin.
He says in his letter to the young lady: For
The ardor of gambling. unlike every
other passion, is rather increased
than diminished by loss and DISAPPOINTMENT
Without being warned, therefore, by i'll success
i still went on until the very last dollar of my
money was gone. then began to draw grad
ually on the $40. 600 you placed in my hands for
safe keeping until the day of our marriage. in
small amounts. Following the bent OF my evil
genius, sum after sum taken, and all alike
buried in that accursed vortex which had al
ready swallowed ND much for me-" To his
father he says: Eighteen months ago / at
tached my name to a paper, the prospectus of
which was a profitable land scheme. 1t origi-
mated with sharpers, aud was victimized Peri
odical sprees were INDUCED in. and with hope
of retrieving some OF my losses, came East for
change. i was n persistent 'bup on the stock
market, and lost heavily last December / there
lfter invested heavily in pork and wheat, and
was completely swamped."
Immediately after the occurrence the house
was closed. and Miss Eckert and a few friends
quietly notified Miss Eckert was com
pletsly FRUSTRATED. For a few hours, yesterday.
she sat by the bedside OF her lover and listened
to his rawlings over the stock and provision mar
kets Wade is thirty-hve years Old
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